Attachment for linotype-machines.



PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906.

G. KRBTZSCHMAR. ATTACHMENT FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLIATION FILED JAN.24, 1906.

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N0. 828,323. PATENTED AUG., 14, 1906 l G. KRETZSCHMAR.

I -JTTAGHMTNT FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. Z4, 1906.

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' GUsTAvKaErzsCHMAR, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

' .To all may concern/." l

'Beit kn' that LGus'rAv Knarzsomn, a citizen ofA the .United States,and. aresident '-:jof Baltimore, Ma land, have invented -cer'-4 "tainnewand'use rovements inAttachments for. Linotypeflt following l-is aspecification. 1 Inusing linotype-machines itis frequently necessary tochange romi one' font `of matvIO ' lished bycha the magazinescontainiiig the matrices'.

exchange of' ma azines.'

.. provide t e linotype mechanism withj'an-atitachment or apparatus bymeans of which a -sirlgggleA operator may easi zine froln'the machineand 'replace it by an- *The invention will be described 'in connecltionwith the 'accompanying drawings, in.

which y' Figure v1 is a side elevation of'a linotypemachine 'provided'with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a-rear elevation, partlyin section, .ofthe magazine-holder.; and Fi .3 is anv ele- 'gRefe to the drawings,Findicates in dotted` out' e a1linotype-inac'zhine or`,the`

usual construction. 2z.indicates the .arms w support the.

1 -magazine, and 3 indicates" the 4magazine-.

When 1n operat1ve pos1t1on-1nthe;-machme,

:thema azine 3'Qis suitablylsupported' in the armsQL eing provided forthis purpose'yvith ,hooks 4, which .engage supports 5.

My .inventlon, comprises Aa holder capable .of sustaining.4 twov .ormore. magazines and;

- :means'for trans orting'magazines romtt'he machine to the older,andvic versagfg,They

" holder is preferablyrotatable or movable, -so

V {,thatany magazine u-pon it, maybeb'rou ht 4 5`into.l convenientposition to be engaged`- y..

In the accompanyingdrawin s, 6 indicates l,aq-holder ada ted .to receivean' 'sup orttqfwo magazines, t e. holdergbe' l .Specification of LettersPatent. Ummma mami@ asique. Bamm. 297.515.

. chilies, of which the' rices vto another,` and this isu'suallyaccom--'he magazines are heavy,` anditusually requirestwo men to effect an r The.ob'ect 'o the'rpresent invention is to ATTGHMENT .FoaLINQTYPE-MAcHl-NES.

the l.l-not -machine is a horizontal rod or rail 10,-uponwhich a.Wheeled carrier 1 1 runs. The. rail 10 is referably located 'abovethemachine, and' om thel carri'er'11 dependsa Eac lmagazine Isprovidewith a pair of age with a'beam 14, connected with the anger12.. When amagazimeisto-be re-4 '.moved freni' the machine, it is rst rocked.into-'a substantially. horizontal position, and I preferably rovi emf'e'ans -w ercby one. person may .raisev the llis pivotallyconnectedwith the hanger 1.2 and with. the beam 14. vOn the end of .thebeam is a hook 17, adapted to receive and rein upright'position, asshown in full lines in Fi 3. The long arm 'of the lever is then pu leddown and engaged with the-hook 17, asfshownindotted lines in Fig. 3,thus raising the magazine from the sup orts 15 and is line with .themiddlejof the beam 14 and the ma azine is substantially balanced whensus. en ed from: thecarrier, and it may .be rea y'moved inan direction.

.two magazines; -but-itmay beprovided with supportsfor'additional maazines. In any case the holder normally.l as one vacant .spaceand themagazine from the machine is -this vacant space.. Thus the magazineshown .upon the machine in full lines will be'transorted into theposition u on the holderf'in- 4iated by dotted lines. enthe hooks. 4

:.o the holder, the, lever k16 is'junhooked and .-,tionfto bete.magazine is t en raised and transported to '.lreadyfor'en aglementwiththe mac e. Bymean's yo t eapparatus describedfffa.magazinemayjberemoved froma linot ef machine replacedqby another. quiey and but? 'ttle exertionV Aiby asing Patented Aug. 14, 19067,.

'ta'in'thel end of the lever. The beam 14 is en-` gaged with the hooks13 While the lever 1 6 is suspending it on the carrier. T e hanger 12ci? the maga'zineiare locatedzabovethe bar 7' han' r..12,^ adapte d tosupport a magazine.

lugs or `hooks 13, Whichare adapted to en- .brackets or'supports 15 xupon which t e magazine may rest While it is being'e j agedlwith'thecarrier. I provide ma zine the supports 15 and engage it the 4carrierwithout exertion. "Alever As shown, .the ho der 6 is adapted to hold ltranspnrted by the carrier 'and hung up in -roo the Vmagazine lovereduntil it s engaged With ,the bar. f The holder is then rotated .to bring.tli'edesired-magazine'-into convenient osiaged bythe beam 14 an thevos. fthe-machine and-placed upon the su ports j ldesired,be suitablybraced. In the drawings two lateral braces 18, connecting the-rod 8 withthe `frame of the machine, are shown.

It will be evident that'various changes in the details of constructionma be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I donot, therefore, limit myself to the exact construction and arrangementillustrated and described.

What I` claim, and desire to's'ecure by Let'- vters Patent, is Y 1.' Thecombinationv with a linotype-machine, of a holder adapted to support apluholder and-adapted to transport a magazine.

` 4. The combination with a linotype-machine, of a holder adapted to suporta plu` rality of magazines, a rail exten ing -between said holderandthe machine, a carrier suported on said rail, and means-dependin omthe carrier and adaptedto engage an support a magazine.l c

The combination with a linoty'pe-nuichine, of a holder adapted tosupport a plu' rality of magazines, a rail extending between said holderand the machine, a carrier suported on said rail, and means depending omthe carrier for raisingand supporting a imagazine.

said holder and the machine, a carrier suported on said rail, and meansde ending rom the carrier, comprising a lever or raising the ma azineandmeans for retaining the l 40. 6. The combination with alinotype-machine,'ofa holder adapted to support a plu-.

rality of magazines, a`rail extending between 'lever'toho d the magazinein its raised posi-lv tion. .v y

7. The .combination with a linotypAe-,ma-

chine, of a' holder adapted toV support a plurality of magazinesa railextending between lsaid holder and themachine, a carrier supprorted onsaid rail, .and .means depending om the carrier'comprisin a liangerfaleverk pivotally connected with t' e hanger,- a beam .connected With'theleverv and adaptedtobe l' l engaged with a magazine and means 4for en# gaging the free end, of the leverl with. thev Gaim.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 5 in presenceof two witnesses.

GU'sTAv KRE'rzsCHMAR. Witnesses: v A

' CHAS. L. HAWTHORNE,

ARTHUR J. D Ronsonnn.

